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Re: Western Washington RR > Rainier Rail
Author: BN Oly
Date: 02-24-2018 - 15:16

Graham Buxton Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> George Andrews Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Enroute from Fife to Kelso, WA., on Interstate
> 5
> > today, I noticed banded stacks of used
> crossties
> > along the Western Washington RR ( former
> Milwaukee
> > Road ) line, between Maytown and Centralia.
> > Perhaps WW is planning some track work ???
>
> My understanding is that its no longer Western
> Washington RR, as the line was sold by the
> previous owner, City of Tacoma to Rainier Rail,
> which is part of Frontier Rail. See page 48 of
> this document:
> [cms.cityoftacoma.org]
> rts/Annuals/RailAnn16.pdf
>
> For those not familiar with the area, here is a
> map of the area RRs:
> [www.trpc.org]
> On that map the WW / RR tracks are identified as
> TRMD (Tacoma Rail).

They replaced some ties between the gas spur at Maytown and the sidings, and also replaced ties on the curve at Maytown next to the Freightliner dealership.

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Western Washington RR George Andrews 02-23-2018 - 14:52
  Re: Western Washington RR > Rainier Rail Graham Buxton 02-23-2018 - 15:38
  Re: Western Washington RR > Rainier Rail BN Oly 02-24-2018 - 15:16
  Re: Western Washington RR > Rainier Rail john 02-24-2018 - 18:18
  Re: Western Washington RR > Rainier Rail Tom McCann 02-24-2018 - 19:29
  Re: Western Washington RR > Rainier Rail Mr. Question Man 02-24-2018 - 19:32
  @ "Mr. Question Man" and motive power Jeff Moore 02-24-2018 - 22:33
  Re: @ "Mr. Question Man" and motive power John Barnhill 02-25-2018 - 08:04
  Re: @ "Mr. Question Man" and motive power SP5103 02-25-2018 - 12:24
  Re: @ "Mr. Question Man" and motive power Jeff Moore 02-25-2018 - 13:25
  Re: @ "Mr. Question Man" and motive power Tom McCann 02-25-2018 - 19:40
  Re: @ "Mr. Question Man" and motive power Shortline Sammie 02-26-2018 - 07:52
  Re: @ "Mr. Question Man" and motive power The kid 02-26-2018 - 21:30
  Re: @ "Mr. Question Man" and motive power Curtis R. Milburn 03-03-2018 - 20:26


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